Crowds leave the Olympic stadium at the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, following the dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games. They have been sworn to secrecy so they don't spoil the show for the rest of us

Looking like a still from the skyscraper building boom in the 30s, construction workers are seen working at the World Trade Centre construction site. Twenty-first-century health and safety means that they are wearing safety harnesses

Where sheep may safely graze: a flock of sheep kitted out with GPS tracking devices. Sheep do not behave 'like sheep' in the way most people imagine, research suggests. When they follow the flock, they are not so much copying each other as acting on their own out of a sense of survival. Scientists tested the 'selfish herd' hypothesis by strapping the satellite tracking devices to the backs of animals being rounded up by a sheepdog

Passengers sleep near their luggage after typhoon Vicente stopped flights out of Hong Kong this morning. Planes grounded at the airport were buffeted by the high winds. Passengers were told the conditions were expected to last several hours

Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha welcome the Queen and Prince Philip to Downing Street where they are hosting a lunch for them together with past Prime Ministers. It may prove to be a tricky seating plan but at least the Queen and Samantha Cameron have beautifully co-ordinated outfits

What's the collective noun for a a group of former Prime Ministers? Sir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown chat before posing for a formal photograph with the Queen and David Cameron, ahead of a Diamond Jubilee lunch

Shooting victim Gordon Cowden's family gather at the makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 theatre in Aurora, Colorado. Two of Cowden's teenage daughters were with him in the theatre when he was killed. James Holmes is suspected of killing 12 and injuring 58 others during at a screening of 'The Dark Knight Rises'

Andy Coulson makes a statement to the press outside his home in Dulwich, London. Coulson and former News International executive Rebekah Brooks are to be charged with phone-hacking offences.
Vikram Dodd reports

The people of Dimol village wait to leave their homes following ethnic violence in Kokrajhar, Assam, India. Paramilitary troops are said to have opened fire on rioters in the north-eastern state after 21 people were found killed in clashes over land rights.
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